(19)
(11) EP 1 284 465 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/08

(21) Application number: 02015952.1

(22) Date of filing: 17.07.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 17/60
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 19.07.2001 JP 2001219533

(71) Applicant: Toyota Caelum Incorporated
Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 460-0008 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kawai, Motomasa
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 460-0008 (JP)
  • Rimoldi, Attilio
    San Jose, California 95119 (US)
  • Bassi, Gian Paolo
    San Jose, California 95119 (US)

(74) Representative: Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte Partnerschaft 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

   


(54) Action management support system


(57) An action management support system that manages and supports through computers actions taken by persons in charge of various duties accompanied by production. The system uses a process information (11) that defines a flow of a plurality tasks in a duty executed by the at least one person, and a product information (12) that includes contents of a product manufactured at each of the plurality of tasks. The system also includes a relating means (10) that controls the system to relate the each of the plurality of tasks with the product information immediately before each task, the relationship involving an input and output information of each task, and a product manufactured at each task. Furthermore, the system includes a related information-retaining means (10) that stores and retains the each of the plurality of tasks and the product information that are related to each other so that the relationship of the each of the plurality of tasks and the product information can be used as a reference.






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